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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEci-r..l

HENRY E. OSBORN, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, AND JOSEPH U. FRITCHEY,

OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

SIRUP-PITCH ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,435, dated hdarci23,1886.

f Application filed January 18, 1886. Serial No. 188,864. (No n'iorlel.)

To all whom, t may concern: Y

Be it known that we, HENRY E. OsBoRN, of Meriden, county of New, Haven,State of Connecticut, and JOSEPH U. FRITCHEY, ot' Lan` caster, in thecounty of Lancaster` and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a newImprovement in Sirup-Pitchers; and we do hereby declare thefollowingwhen taken in connection With accompanying drawings and theletters IO of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of thisspecification, and represent, in-

Figure l, avertical central section showing the cover and gate closed;Fig. 2, the same showing the cover and gate open.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of pitchers whichare provided With a vertical central spout arranged in the neck, andover which a cover is adapted to close, and such as are commonly usedfor sirup-pitchers, the object of the invention being to provide apositive cut-off for the spout when the cover is in the closedcondition; and it consists in a gate corresponding in area to theopening in the spout, the said gate hinged to the cover above the hingebetween the cover andthe neck, the said gate adapted to slide across theopening in the 3o spout, and so that as the cover is closedupon the neckthe opening in the spout will be closed by the gate and the gateWithdrawn as the cover is opened, and as more fully hereinafterdescribed.

A represents the upper part of the pitcher', commonly called the neckf7B, the cover, hinged thereto, as at a, C, the spout, arranged centrallyin the neck, and opening from the chamber below, so that as the pitcheris tilted 4o the contents will flow through the spout, a

common and well-known construction.

To the cover B, at a point, b, above the hinge a, between the cover andthe'neck, I hang a gate, D,which corresponds to the opening in thespout, and which, when the cover is closed, as seen in Fig. l, extendsacross and closes the spout. It is adapted to work in a groove, d, inthe spout, and so that as the cover is raised, as seen in Fig. 2, thegate will be Withdrawn to open the spout, the gate 5o moving backward inits guides, the gate reclosed as the cover is closed. This cut-off ismade desirable from the fact thatmany persons close the cover of asirup-pitcher while it is in its tilted position and the sirup rnnning,under the impression that the cover will cut off the flow. The resultot' such act in the usual construction is an overtiow into the neck andcover. By our invention, which makes a positive cutoff when the cover isen closed, it' the cover be closed, as before dcscribed, the gate cutsoff the flow as the cover closes; hence the overilow, before mentioned,

is avoided.

\V hile specially adapted to sirup-pitchers, this invention may beemployed to good advantage in other classes of pitchers, and while,therefore, particularly mentioning siruppitchers, we wish to beunderstood that the invention is not limited to any particular class 7oof pitchers.

We claim-v In a pitcher having a neck with a cover hinged thereto, aspout arranged vertically within the neck and so as to be inclosed bythe cover, the combination therewith of the gate D, hinged to the coverabove the hinge between the cover and the neck, the said gate adapted towork across the spout as the coverl is opened and closed, whereby saidspout will 8c be accordingly opened or closed, substantially asdescribed.

' HENRY E. OSBORN.

J. U. FBITCHEY. l Vitnesses to Osborn:

FRANK S. FAY, JAMES E. OsBoRN. Witnesses to Fritchey:

A. H. FRITOHEY, GEO. A. LANE.

